Jimmy Kimmel sketch costs broadcaster £325,000
...for using emergency alert tones
16/08/2019 … Jimmy Kimmel’s US talk show has been fined £325,000 for using the emergency warning tone in a comedy sketch.
2019 Archives
Fri 16 August 2019
Stephen Fry to present the Edinburgh Comedy Award
Star won the first ever accolade in 1981
16/08/2019 … Stephen Fry is to present Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Award to the best show on the Fringe.
Teaser for Dave Chappelle’s next stand-up special
16/08/2019 … Netflix has released a teaser trailer for Dave Chappelle's next stand-up special, voiced by Morgan Freeman.
Thu 15 August 2019
© BBC Janine Harouni takes the BBC Radio 4 Comedy Award
American crowned winner in live final
15/08/2019 … Janine Harouni has won this year's BBC Radio 4 comedy award.
Sam See: Coming Out Loud
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
15/08/2019 … Edgelord comedians take note.
I'm invisible in Edinburgh
Cally Beaton says she's being overlooked because she's a 50-year-old woman
15/08/2019 … I did my first gig at the behest of Joan Rivers; I was 45, she was 81.
Sukh Ojla: For Sukh's Sake
Edinburgh Fringe review by Alex Bruce
15/08/2019 … This is a dramatic monologue on being a depressed, suicidal, control freak, that elicits only sparse titters throughout.
Anna Drezen: Okay Get Home Safe!!
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
15/08/2019 … Given the popularity of true-crime podcasts and grisly Netflix documentaries, Anna Drezen clearly hits the zeitgeist by theming her show around Ted Bundy.